FRV Mara 8A/74
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Mara (74MR) |
| Cruise identifier | 8A/74 |
| Cruise period | 1974-07-31 — 1974-08-09 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Troon, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1) To continue the studies of juvenile plaice stocks in the Clyde by the use of a beam trawl
2) Plaice and other flatfish were caught New crew members joined ''Mara'' on the 04/08/1974. An 18 ft dinghy was used on all occasions to take samples inshore off ''Mara'' |
| Chief scientist | Anastasios Eleftheriou (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Firth of Clyde, Caledonian Canal, Troon, Irvine Bay, Girvan-Bennane Hd, Whiting Bay, Hds of Ayr, Culzean Bay, |
| Measurements | |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 29 Description: juvenile plaice survey |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Other geological/geophysical measurements | Quantity: number of samples = 30 Description: physical analysis of sediments |
